Biography James Lynch

Besides being a painter in his own right, James Lynch was an often painted subject for Andrew Wyeth and most notably the subject of Jamie Wyeth's work titled Draft Age. Painted in 1965 during the Vietnam War. Draft Age shows Mr. Lynch is shown in a defiant pose wearing a leather jacket and wraparound sunglasses. From the time he was 5, Mr. Lynch was the model for Andrew Wyeth for several paintings, including the 1969 Swinger, the 1970 Afternoon Flight, and the 1990 Man and the Moon.

His own art was exhibited at several galleries and three of his paintings are in the collection at the Brandywine River Museum